Set column width in JTable

I have two columns in a JTable and I am trying to set the column width for the first.
I am trying to this by
getDataTbl().getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setHeaderValue("Index");
getDataTbl().getColumnModel().getColumn(1).setHeaderValue(" Data ");
int width = ((String)getDataTbl().getColumnModel().getColumn(0).getHeaderValue()).length();
getDataTbl().getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setPreferredWidth(width);
but it doesn't reset the width. I want the first column width to be smaller than the second which should be much larger width.
Any suggessions to this?
Thanks.

Hi there
Use this JTable method
table.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF);This should solve your resize problem
ICE

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